Car-coupling



(No Model.)

H. HELLER.

Car Coupling.

No. 232,348; Patented Sept. 21,. I880.

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HARRY HELLER, OF SATJINE, MICHIGAN.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,348, dated September 21, 1880.

. Application filed July12, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY HELLER, of Saline, Washtenaw county, State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Oar-Couplin 's of which the followin is a s )ecitication. h 2 e, l

IO ment, and combination of the Various parts,

all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A is the body of a railway-car, and B the draw-bar, of the usual construction, excepting as hereinafter specified. The draw-head is made hollow, and incloses a sliding latch or piston, to, actuated by a spring, I). The face of this latch a has a shoulder, a, formed in it, as shown, and against which the end of the coupling-link rests, which holds the said link in a horizontal position, so that it will enter the draw-head of an approaching car, and with which it is designed to couple.

0 is a bar secured to the end of the car by means of the brackets 01, and sliding therein. Above this bar 0 is secured a hanger, D, in

the outer end of-which is swiveled the bracket c, in which is journaled a pulley, E. A chain or rope, F, passes over this pulley, having one end secured to the top of the coupling-pin G, and the other secured to the bar 0 at or about its longitudinal center.

In practice, when it is desired to couple two cars together the coupling-pin in one head is drawn up until it rests upon the upper edge of the latch a. A link being inserted in the other head, with which it is designed to couple, is held in a horizontal position by the shoulder a in the face of the latch a, which guides said link into the head of the approaching car, forces back its latch to, and allows the coupling pin to drop and engage with the link.

By the use of the bar G and the connections hereinbefore described the cars can be coupled or uncoupled without the necessity of going between the cars.

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. The combination, with the pin of a carcoupling, of the endwise-sliding bar 0, hanger D, swivel-bracket a, pulley E, and'chain F, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with a car-coupling constructed substantially as described, the endwise-sliding bar 0, hanger D, pulley E, and chain F, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

v HARRY HELLER.

Witnesses:

J AS. H. SHEPARD, H. A. J EWETT. 

